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Assessment Of Selected University Students' Knowledge Of Blood Donation And The Relationship With Intent To Donate Blood, Jeffrey Allerson
Assessment Of Selected University Students' Knowledge Of Blood Donation And The Relationship With Intent To Donate Blood, Jeffrey Allerson
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The lack of blood donors in the United States is a problem. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between blood donation knowledge and blood donation intentions among students at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU), and examine blood donation attitude and confidence levels among the respondents. A researcher-constructed electronic survey was sent to 3, 944 MNSU students, with a total of 376 responses (n = 364; adjusted response rate = 9.23%). Analyses included descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, frequency counts, and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient tests. The mean intention scores of current blood donors were higher than …